At Least 3 Killed, 12 Wounded by Twin Baghdad Explosions

Rasa - Three people were killed and 12 wounded in two explosions in Baghdad on Monday.

News ID: 423231

Date: 05 September 2016 - 20:09

RNA - A police source in the Iraqi capital said that an improvised explosives device (IED) “targeted a police convoy in Tarmyya district North of Baghdad", Rudaw reported.

"As a result, one policeman was killed and four others were wounded.”

Another IED in a local popular market in Dowrah, South of Baghdad, killed two and injured 8, the source said.

The latest attacks come amid tension in Baghdad, where civil servants began a strike on Sunday.For months,  protests have been forcing the government of Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi to take serious action against possible corruption among authorities.

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